[DDN] Bill Gates Gets Schooled

Hi, There is an interesting article in Business Week [June 26th, 2006] regarding some of the Gates Foundations efforts in changing the school system. I think it indicates that when it comes to education, as in solving issues of the Digital Divide, it takes more than gold to create glitter. md

[DDN] Australia to give away porn-filtering software to all families

(article) The Australian government plans to spend about $86 million to provide all the country's families with free Internet pornography-blocking software. (s) Under this scheme, families will be offered a filtered service or a free filter for their home computer, either for download from a

RE: [DDN] bill gates transitions

C'mon Don - Please don't get caustic. There is a difference between a mission and an opinion. I wish you luck in your mission of moving the leviathans. I think this thread has in fact seen better days. Jesse Sinaiko - Chicago, IL ___

Re: [DDN] bill gates transitions

Consider this thread over. Please take it off-list if you wish to continue it. I think this thread has in fact seen better days. -- -- Andy Carvin acarvin (at) edc . org andycarvin (at) yahoo . com http://www.andycarvin.com http://www.digitaldivide.net

[DDN] Southeast ICT Symposium 2006

Get the early bird rate; make your reservations now! For more information you can visit us at http://www.e-nc.org/WirelessICT2006/index.asp. Please pass this information on to other potential conference attendees. Thank you! Southeast ICT Symposium 2006 November 13th 14th, 2006 UNC - William

[DDN] registering for a digg account

hi Digital Divide Network community - the community-controlled tech news web site named digg.com is now receiving 9 million site visits per day. when news of the DDN community reaching its 10,000 registered member comes out, we have the power within our community to propel that news

[DDN] TechSoup Stock's Fiscal Year ends June 30th!

As you may know, TechSoup Stock (www.techsoup.org/stock) distributes donated technology products from companies such as Adobe, Cisco, Intuit, and Symantec to nonprofit organizations. I'd like to let you know about the end of TechSoup Stock's fiscal year on June 30 (or visit

[DDN] Angus King: An Insider's History of the Maine Laptop Program

Hi everyone, Former Maine governor Angus King gave a fascinating, entertaining speech today at the Anytime, Anywhere Learning Foundation (AALF.org) conference here in Boston. I've posted detailed notes from the speech on my blog: http://www.andycarvin.com/ permalink: